Definitions for shilling
ˈʃɪl ɪŋshilling

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Ugandan shilling, shillingnoun

   the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents

2. Tanzanian shilling, shillingnoun

   the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents

3. Somalian shilling, shillingnoun

   the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents

4. Kenyan shilling, shillingnoun

   the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents

5. British shilling, shilling, bobnoun

   a former monetary unit in Great Britain

6. shillingnoun

   an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shillingnoun

   A coin of various value in different times. It is now twelve pence.

   Etymology: scylling , Sax. and Erse; schelling, Dut.

   Five of these pence made their shilling, which they called scilling, probably from scilingus, which the Romans used for the fourth part of an ounce; and forty-eight of these scillings made their pound, and four hundred of these pounds were a legacy for a king’s daughter, as appeareth by the last will of king Alfred. William Camden, Remains.

   The very same shilling may at one time pay twenty men in twenty days, and at another rest in the same hands one hundred days. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shilling

   The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 20th century. Currently the shilling is used as a currency in five east African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, as well as the de facto country of Somaliland. The East African Community additionally plans to introduce an East African shilling.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shilling

   A shilling is a former monetary unit used in the United Kingdom and other countries historically associated with Britain. It is equivalent to one-twentieth of a pound in British currency, or 12 old pence. The term is also sometimes used to refer to a coin used to represent this amount.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shillingnoun

   a silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency

2. Shillingnoun

   in the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized

3. Shillingnoun

   the Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2

4. Etymology: [OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling; akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw. & Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh. to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Shilling

   The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Britain and some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere. The word is thought to derive from the base skell-, "to ring/resound" and the diminutive suffix -ling. The slang term for a shilling as a currency unit was a "bob". The abbreviation for shilling is s, from the Latin solidus, the name of a Roman coin. Often it was informally represented by a slash, standing for a long s: e.g., "1/6" would be 1 shilling and sixpence, often pronounced "one and six". A price with no pence would be written with a slash and a dash, e.g., "11/-". Quite often a triangle or apostrophe would be used to give a neater appearance, e.g., "1'6" and "11'-". In Africa it is often abbreviated sh. During the Great Recoinage of 1816, the mint was instructed to coin one troy pound of standard silver into 66 shillings, or its equivalent in other denominations. This effectively set the weight of the shilling, and its subsequent decimal replacement 5 new pence coin, at 87.2727 grains or 5.655 grams from 1816 to 1990, when a new smaller 5p coin was introduced.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shilling

   shil′ing, n. an English silver coin=12 pence.—Take the shilling, to enlist as a soldier by accepting the recruiting-officer's shilling—discontinued since 1879. [A.S. scilling; Ger. schilling.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shilling

   This silver coin was of considerable value to our ancestors, who always sounded it as a test of its genuineness. Hence, as the “ringing coin,” the Anglo-Saxons gave it the name of scilling, which, like the modern German schilling, is derived from the verb schallen, to sound.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHILLING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shilling is ranked #7066 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shilling surname appeared 4,738 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Shilling.
   
   93.2% or 4,420 total occurrences were White.
   2.1% or 101 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 79 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 72 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 39 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 27 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • British Monetary Unit
   • Somalian Monetary Unit
   • Tanzanian Monetary Unit
   • Ugandan Monetary Unit
   • Coin
   • Kenyan Monetary Unit

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shilling' in Nouns Frequency: #2995

How to pronounce shilling?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shilling in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shilling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shilling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of shilling in a Sentence

1. William Ruto:

   Kenya is known worldwide for her athletics prowess and this is why we recalled Parliament from recess to pass the anti-doping legislation because we want to run clean sports, anybody caught in any future doping scandal will be jailed for three years or fined 3 million Kenyan shilling ($29,721) because we want to get rid of crooked people misleading our athletes from our midst.

2. Bernard Mandeville:

   There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.

3. Karoun Demirjian:

   Many of the Democrats think he was shilling for the President, and are going to challenge him basically on, did you tell us lies intentionally, to obfuscate what was in the report ? The tone that is set clearly has implications for the subpoena battle, but it also has implications for everything else that goes through DOJ, which is a massive portfolio of issues, if there's no trust between the attorney general and the Hill this early on, that's a problem for a while to come.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   Republicans are stuck shilling for special interests.

5. William Ruto:

   Anybody caught in any future doping scandal will be jailed for three years or fined 3 million Kenyan shilling ($29,721) because we want to get rid of crooked people misleading our athletes from our midst.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shilling
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shilling
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilling
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shilling
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shilling
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shilling
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=shilling
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html